| Title: |
Reminiscences of Aaron Copland
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A46
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Individual Interview List Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Childhood, education, early compositions, teachers; Paris, 1921-24, studying composition with Nadia Boulanger; return to United States; League of Composers, assistance from Serge Koussevitsky, lecturing and teaching, MacDowell and Yaddo Colonies; Copland-Sessions Concerts, analysis of own compositions, discussion of methods, commissions; trips to Mexico, 1926-28; Norton Professorship at Harvard; Tanglewood and Boston Symphony, 1937-62; Hollywood, composition for films; problems of publication, choice of titles; dance compositions for Martha Graham, Eugene Loring, Agnes de Mille; Pulitzer Prize, 1945; radio music, recording contracts, McCarthy hearings; conducting at home and abroad from 1957; vocal works; vignettes of Roger Sessions, Leonard Bernstein, Igor Stravinsky, many other musicians and critics.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 573 leaves
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Written permission required from interviewer. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1976 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Copland, Aaron, 1900-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1900
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| Speaker occupation: |
Composer
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| Age at speaking: |
76
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| Document date: |
1976
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| Interviewer: |
Perlis, Vivian
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Composers; Composition (Music); Conductors (Music); Musicians; Music--Instruction and study
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Boulanger, Nadia; Conducting; Copland, Aaron, 1900-; Koussevitsky, Serge, 1874-1951; League of Composers (US); Sessions, Roger, 1896-
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0018223-13666
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